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[USN-6087-1] Ruby vulnerabilities

Severity Medium
Affected Packages 13
CVEs 2
Info Packages Vulnerabilities

Several security issues were fixed in Ruby.

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-28755)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions.
An attacker could possily use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2023-28756)

Package Affected Version
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.7?distro=focal < 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.7-doc?distro=focal < 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.7-dev?distro=focal < 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.5?distro=bionic < 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.5-doc?distro=bionic < 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.5-dev?distro=bionic < 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.3?distro=xenial < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.3-tcltk?distro=xenial < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.3-doc?distro=xenial < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.3-dev?distro=xenial < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libruby2.7?distro=focal < 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libruby2.5?distro=bionic < 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libruby2.3?distro=xenial < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7
ID
USN-6087-1
Severity
medium
Severity from
CVE-2023-28755
URL
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6087-1
Published
2023-05-18T09:35:29
(15 months ago)
Modified
2023-05-18T09:35:29
(15 months ago)
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.7?distro=focal ubuntu ruby2.7 < 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11 focal
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.7-doc?distro=focal ubuntu ruby2.7-doc < 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11 focal
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.7-dev?distro=focal ubuntu ruby2.7-dev < 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11 focal
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.5?distro=bionic ubuntu ruby2.5 < 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16 bionic
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.5-doc?distro=bionic ubuntu ruby2.5-doc < 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16 bionic
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.5-dev?distro=bionic ubuntu ruby2.5-dev < 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16 bionic
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.3?distro=xenial ubuntu ruby2.3 < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.3-tcltk?distro=xenial ubuntu ruby2.3-tcltk < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.3-doc?distro=xenial ubuntu ruby2.3-doc < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.3-dev?distro=xenial ubuntu ruby2.3-dev < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libruby2.7?distro=focal ubuntu libruby2.7 < 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.11 focal
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libruby2.5?distro=bionic ubuntu libruby2.5 < 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.16 bionic
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/libruby2.3?distro=xenial ubuntu libruby2.3 < 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm7 xenial
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories Exploits PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date